KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A centipede dwelling in the bathroom of a local punk house has become its highest contributing member after stalking,... Read more nonsense
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Watch a caterpillar go down a tiny slide. This adorable playset was gifted to the lucky little larva by an artist who runs a page called Little Bug Creations, and it's the perfect size for this tiny explorer.
Watching this video makes me want to build a miniature structure for the bugs in my yard to climb on, too. — Read the rest
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Contra Costa County warns consumers to contact them immediately if they bought grapevines from a number of Costco locations after April 21.
AI radar could offer a nonlethal way to monitor pollinators.
Evolution in car design, or climate change - YOU PICK THE WINNER.
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Humidity can temporarily turn metallic sweat bees from blue-green to copper-green.
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
A Chinese national was arrested at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport carrying 5,000 giant queen ants — _Messor cephalotes_ , a species prized in the exotic pet trade at $220 per ant. The ants were packed into test tubes stuffed with cotton wool, each tube sealed to keep its cargo alive for the journey. — Read the rest
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The Butterfly Grove at Pismo Beach used to sound alive before you even saw it. The first time I visited on a winter morning over a decade ago, I stood beneath the towering eucalyptus and heard a faint rustle, like distant rain, as thousands of monarch butterflies shifted their wings...
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Welcome to The #questionable-edits OSM Iceberg!
Over the past 5 months I have been collating some of the strangest, funniest and most excruciating examples of vandalism, mistakes and creative mapping. This Iceberg takes its name from the #questionable-edits channel on the OSM World Discord where we share the weird, wild and wonderful things we’ve seen while mapping. It should be…
As its name suggests, National Geographic's new two-part documentary series, "Secrets of the Bees," turns the lens toward one of Earth's most important inhabitants: bees. The series is fascinating, full of interesting information and science about bees, but also replete with exceptional cinematography. The miniseries has many fantastic close-up shots of bees, unlike anything captured…
Moth poo and cherry blossom leaves are the secret ingredients in Secret Spring. We’ve seen a lot of weird tipples in our time, but a new release from Haccoba Craft Sake Brewery in Fukushima Prefecture beats them all with one very unique ingredient: insect poop. This special sake is actually made by fermenting rice with […]
On March 27, 2025, somewhere in the Panamanian rainforest, the evolutionary biologist Zeke Rowe was looking for a snack. While walking outside the research station's cafeteria, Rowe noticed a strange insect summoned by a floodlight. The insect was a katydid, a close relative of crickets famous for their mimicry of leaves. Katydids have veined bodies that are often bright green like a new leaf or…
Join Ellen & special guest, science communicator and Certified Bug Friend Emily, for a review of the tiny little bugs that fly around your nearest kitchen sink. We discuss what Big Pest doesn’t want you to know, convergent evolution between bugs and fish, the drain gods, secret spy languages that only bugs can read, and so much more. Links:
A new paper provides the first statistically derived estimate of bee species richness around the world. But this is about more than bees.
Header image: Monarch butterflies in the CSI-03 habitat onboard the International Space Station during ISS Expedition 21/22. Image courtesy of BioServe Space Technologies, Boulder, CO....